Animal Farm
Chapter 2 (18-21)
They ran thus:
THE SEVEN COMMANDMENTS
1.Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy.
2.Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend.
3.No animal shall wear clothes.
4.No animal shall sleep in a bed.
5.No animal shall drink alcohol.
6.No animal shall kill any other animal.
7.All animals are equal.
It was very neatly written, and except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S's” was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through.
Snowball read it aloud for the benefit of the others.
All the animals nodded in complete agreement, and the cleverer ones at once began to learn the Commandments by heart.
“Now, comrades,” cried Snowball, throwing down the paint-brush, “to the hayfield! Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do.”
But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing.
They had not been milked for twenty-four hours, and their udders were almost bursting.
After a little thought, the pigs sent for buckets and milked the cows fairly successfully, their trotters being well adapted to this task.
Soon there were five buckets of frothing creamy milk at which many of the animals looked with considerable interest.
“What is going to happen to all that milk?” said someone.
“Jones used sometimes to mix some of it in our mash,” said one of the hens.
“Never mind the milk, comrades!” cried Napoleon, placing himself in front of the buckets.
“That will be attended to. The harvest is more important. Comrade Snowball will lead the way. I shall follow in a few minutes. Forward, comrades! The hay is waiting.”
So the animals trooped down to the hayfield to begin the harvest, and when they came back in the evening it was noticed that the milk had disappeared.
comprehension
- "Make it a point of honour" 这个短语可以理解为将某事视为荣誉问题，即把某项任务或目标当成是必须完成的事情，以维护个人或集体的尊严和自豪感。在这个上下文中，雪球是在激励动物们把快速完成收割工作当作一项荣誉使命，鼓励他们超越琼斯和他的人类劳工所能达到的速度。
translation
它们内容如下：
七条戒律
- 任何用两条腿走路的都是敌人。
- 任何用四条腿走路或有翅膀的都是朋友。
- 没有动物可以穿衣服。
- 没有动物可以睡在床上。
- 没有动物可以喝酒。
- 没有动物可以杀死其他动物。
- 所有动物都是平等的。
字写得非常整齐，除了“朋友”被写成了“freind”，以及有一个“S”写反了之外，其余的拼写都是正确的。
雪球大声朗读给其他动物听，为了他们的利益。
所有动物都完全同意地点头，聪明的一些动物立刻开始默记这些戒律。
“现在，同志们，”雪球扔下油漆刷喊道，“到干草地去！我们要以更快的速度收割完庄稼为荣，比琼斯和他的手下做得还要快。”
但是，就在这时，那三头牛开始大声哞叫，她们看起来很不安已经有一段时间了。
她们已经有二十四小时没有被挤奶了，乳房几乎要爆裂。
猪们稍作思考后，派人拿来了桶，并相当成功地给牛挤了奶，他们的蹄子很适合这项工作。
很快，就有五桶起泡的奶，许多动物都很感兴趣地看着。
“那些奶要怎么处理？”有人问道。
“琼斯有时会在我们的饲料中混入一些牛奶，”一只鸡说。
“别管牛奶了，同志们！”拿破仑站在桶前面大声喊道。
“这件事会处理好的。收割更重要。同志雪球会带头。我几分钟后就跟上。前进，同志们！干草等着我们呢。”
于是，动物们成群结队地走向干草地去开始收割工作，当他们晚上回来时，发现牛奶不见了。
translation
[
{
"name": "thus",
"trans": [
"adv. <正式>因此；<正式>这样，以此种方式；<正式>到如此程度"
],
"usphone": "'ðʌs'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "neatly",
"trans": [
"adv. 整齐地；简单而聪明地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈniːtli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "the wrong way round",
"trans": [
"颠倒过来"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "all the way through",
"trans": [
"从头到尾，自始至终"
],
"usphone": "'ɔːl ðə weɪ θruː'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "at once",
"trans": [
"同时，同时进行",
"立刻，现在，马上"
],
"usphone": "'æt wʌns'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "make it a point",
"trans": [
"na. 主张；重视；必定",
"对某事特别注意；故意；努力做到一件事"
],
"usphone": "'meɪk ɪt ə pɔɪnt'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "for some time past",
"trans": [
"网络 过去的一段时间",
"na. 前些时候；最近以来"
],
"usphone": "''",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "udder",
"trans": [
"n. （牛、羊等的）乳房"
],
"usphone": "'ˈʌdər'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "burst",
"trans": [
"v. 破裂；爆炸；突破；冲进",
"n. 爆发；点射；释放；(情感的)迸发"
],
"usphone": "'bɜːrst'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "fairly",
"trans": [
"adv. 相当地，颇；公平地，公正地；<旧>（用以强调）完全，简直；令人愉快地，让人喜欢地"
],
"usphone": "'ˈferli'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "froth",
"trans": [
"vi. 吐白沫；起泡沫",
"vt. 使生泡沫",
"n. 泡沫，泡；口沫"
],
"usphone": "'frɔːθ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "mash",
"trans": [
"n. 饲料；糊状物；麦芽浆",
"vt. 捣碎；调情"
],
"usphone": "'mæʃ'",
"ukphone": "''"
},
{
"name": "troop",
"trans": [
"v. 成群结队地走，列队行进；（孤身一人）缓步前行，稳步前行；（尤指被告知）成群前往",
"n. 军队，士兵；部队，（尤指）骑兵连，装甲连；童子军中队；一组，一群",
"adj. 军队的，有关或涉及军队的"
],
"usphone": "'truːp'",
"ukphone": "''"
}
]